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Police Security Video Shows Gallows Being Assembled at Dawn on Jan. 6

While four individuals assembled the ‘prop,’ one team member walked four blocks away to a coffee shop across the street from FBI headquarters.
Police Security Video Shows Gallows Being Assembled at Dawn on Jan. 6
A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather on the west side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A five-person team assembled the infamous gallows just west of the Capitol Reflecting Pool as dawn broke on Jan. 6, 2021, new Capitol Police security video released on Oct. 13 shows.

While four members of the group assembled the prop that would become an iconic Jan. 6 image, one man wearing a trench coat and long scarf walked four blocks north to a coffee shop that’s kitty-corner from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, The Pro America Report and Open.ink announced.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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